I am continuing to love Summer here in London. One of my favourite things about Summer is our Youth Camp. This year the theme was Truth & Dare as we took 32 teens from all different backgrounds away for a week to share the Truth of Jesus and put forth a few Dares to believe in Him and to share Him with others.
I haven’t been able to come on camp
the last two years so I was especially
excited to co-lead a group of our
younger boys and to also be the final
speaker on the week.
Every day was filled with activities of fun and games as well as a teaching
session and special group times. Each
day was like a puzzle piece building a picture of who Jesus is and what He has done and who He has created them to be.
On the final day of camp, our desire was to see the teens actually have a heartfelt response to everything we had shared on camp. I had the privilege of speaking the last message and when I said my closing prayer and said Amen I think all of our leaders were blown away by the response!
I had “dared” the teens before I prayed that if any of them wanted to have prayer to become a Christian, to rededicate their lives or if they wanted boldness to share the Gospel - to come up for prayer when I said Amen. Almost all of them immediately got out of their seats and went forward for prayer! We had salvations, re-dedications and prayer for boldness! God is so good!
Needless to say, it was an amazing camp!
Also, exciting this month, was our moving house after being in the same in place for 9 years. Christilene, has moved into a studio flat and Dina and I have moved into a flat about 10 minutes away from her. It’s been a big adjustment for the 3 of us and we are still settling in but we all felt like this was God’s timing and that it is a new season.
Thank you for praying for camp and for our move! I have needed it and have felt your prayers. Please continue praying for me. I am speaking at a Women’s Conference on 1 September and I will be heading to Sweden for a Ten Days Campus Mission on 14 September!
Lots of Love
Traci
I am loving Summer! We are having a heat wave in London at the moment and most people who are from England feel like they are dying and praying for the cool weather again but I am secretly praying it will last at least another month!
This past month
has been busy but so good. At the end of June we had a Connect Group
Leaders Training. I
oversee the small
groups in our church and we have 21 groups meeting across London on a weekly basis that
are community/ family to each other. They are a
mixture of mum's, men’s, ladies, and student groups that are focused on growing in their relationship with Christ as well as being an open door to the lost.
Then at the beginning of July I headed to Marseille with one of our campus ministers and 5 of our student leaders to our annual ENC Student Leaders Camp. We had 37 student leaders and campus workers from 9 European nations join us for a week of training and a bit of fun! I had the privilege of teaching 3 sessions during the week. One was my favourite – Practical Discipleship tips, as well as Small Group training and a session on Faith, Obedience and Trust – Not a Normal Life (Hebrews 11).
Below are some photos from the week:
Finally, thank you so much for your prayers this past month. You have no idea how much they have helped. I have had to not only speak at our Connect Leaders meeting and 3 times in Marseille but I have also taught twice at our Follow Course this past month, so your prayers have helped me so much in all of my preparation. Remember, everything I do – you have a part in it. You are touching people’s lives in so many different places!
My housemates and I move this next week, so please pray for our move and everything involved.
You are an amazing blessing!
Lots of Love
Traci
Wow has time flown by! This last month has been full of visiting people, lots of travelling, incredible messages and a big dose of spiritual family.
Most of all though, it has been a time of experiencing the incredible blessings of my Heavenly Father!
In May, I headed to Florida for my annual time of seeing family and friends to thank them for the incredible gift that they (YOU) are to me. Your love, prayers and support to stand with me in reaching the nations for Jesus is overwhelming. I cannot thank you enough for believing in the call on my life and to partner with me in reaching so many around the world. I really hope that you understand and know that every time I do ministry with someone or I teach or preach somewhere – that you know you are doing it as well. It was so amazing to see so many of you and for those I didn’t see, I hope we can catch up soon in some way.
After Florida I drove up to see my parents in Georgia. Many of you have asked about stepdad. He is doing so well! He has almost fully recovered but he is still experiencing some symptoms but they are due to another issue we discovered right after the stroke. He goes in for another surgery on the 27th of June to remove his parathyroid gland which should clear up all of his symptoms. Please continue to pray for him for a full recovery.
I flew back to London on the 1st of June and repacked and headed to Lviv, Ukraine for our Eastern European Build Conference on the 5th! I love Ukraine and it was so good to see people from our Ukrainian and Polish churches but also those who couldn’t attend the conference in London who joined us from Spain, France, Austria and Italy. It’s an incredible feeling when you are worshipping God and you are hearing so many people singing in different languages praises to God. Just a glimpse of what heaven is going to be like!
Coming up in the next few weeks we will be having our Connect Group Leaders (small groups) training. I oversee the Connect Groups in our church that meet weekly across London. Please pray that this is an impacting evening for our leaders.
Then at the beginning of July I head to Marseille, France where I have the privilege of being one of the speakers imparting to our University Campus Leaders from all across Europe. This is a week of equipping for them as they lead their campus ministries.
And finally, my housemates and I are moving! We made the decision a few months ago to move houses due the fact that our house is pretty much falling apart. We have been in this house for 9 years and we have had a really good deal in rent, etc. We found a new house but unfortunately prices are much higher than we were paying before. We move at the end of July so I would really appreciate your prayers in provision for everything that is involved in moving as well as the increase in all of our bills.
Thank you again for EVERYTHING!
Loads of Love
Traci